Central City Opera House (Central City, Colo.)
Biography
__ __ __Work cat.: The glory that was gold, 1992: t.p. (Central City Opera House) p. vii (built in 1878 in Central City, Colo.)
Biography
Central City Opera House is given to the University of Denver by the McFarlane family in 1932 (Ida Kruse McFarlane, Professor of English at DU, good friends with Anne Evans). The CCOHA was administered as a non-profit corporation during this time.
Sources
Breck, From the Rockies to the World, 1997, 126.
Found in 2484 Collections and/or Records:
Box 168: Face on the Barroom Floor Poster, 1932-1978
This box contains copies of newspaper pages from early Central City history - 1932, poster from world premiere of The Face on the Ballroom Floor - 1978.
Box 169: Norman Lockwood Sheet Music and Ledger, 1850-1957
(13) folios of sheet music, 1850s, may be associated with Norman Lockwood, some have the name Sarah Firth written on them; (1) bound ledger, Central City Opera House Association, Inc., General Records Oct. 1, 1956 - Sept. 30, 1957.
Box 169: Sheet Music, 1850-1957
This box contains (13) folios of sheet music, 1850s, may be associated with Norman Lockwood, some have the name Sarah Firth written on them; (1) bound ledger, Central City Opera House Association, Inc., General Recods Oct. 1, 1956 - Sept. 30, 1957.
Box 171: Playbills, 1938-1972
This box contains Playbills from 1938-1972.
Box 172: Production Posters, 1949-1968
Box 173: Financial Files, 1933
Financials 1933
Box 174: Publicity Committee Scrapbook, 1963-1965
This box contains (1) scrapbook from the Central City Publicity Committee from 1963-1965.
Box 175: Costume Designs
This box contains costume designs by Edward M. Stevenson and Charles Le Maire.
Box 176: Costume Designs, 1947
This box contains costume designs from the productions 'Martha' and 'Fidelio' both performed during the 1947 festival season at the Cenrtal City Opera House. Costume designs by Mary P. Schenck.
Box 177: Illustrations
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